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August 2023

‘सत्यमेव जयते’

By Chandrashekhar N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
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Mr Mungeri, a Chartered Accountant, frustrated and aggrieved as always, was fed up with many things:
 
  • Clients coming at the 11th hour.
  • Clients not paying fees or delaying the payment.
  • Article – trainees not available.
  • Staff not sincere; taking leave at crucial periods.
  • Government changing the rules every now and then.
  • Government not clarifying many things, and their system not working.
  • Revenue department harassing for various reasons.
  • Clients expect him to sign their ‘untrue’ statement.
  • Own health issues – often neglected.
  • Wife unhappy since he is always available for clients(!), never for her!
...so on and so forth. He was enduring this situation for many years. He found many CAs sailing in the same boat. He thought to himself, “To hell with this humiliating life! What is the use of my education? Am I really my own boss? Can I enjoy my life like those friends who joined corporate jobs? Is my future secured?” He was feeling suffocated. Once he read a short biography of Gandhiji. He saw the emblem of India on currency notes ‘Satyameva Jayate’ – Truth alone triumphs! He recalled that as a professional, he should
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